Mona

Monā (モナー),¹⁾ or Omae Monā (オマエモナー), is an AA character that resembles a weird cat-bear hybrid. He's a well-known icon of 2channel, despite having a history spanning back to Ayashii World and Amezou, that sorta resembled the average user's crab mentality.

History

　　　　　　　　／￣￣￣￣￣＼
　　　 　 　 　 |  You guys have |
　　 ∩_∩　　|　too much　　　 |
　　（´ー`）　<　spare time,　　 |
　　（　　　）　 |　huh?　　　　　　|
　　 |　|　|　　 |　　　　　　 　 　 　|
　　（___）__）　 ＼＿＿＿＿＿／

The 'Shodai(First) Mona' (初代モナー), or 'Gosenzo(Great Ancestor) Mona' (ご先祖モナー), originally had the catchphrase of “you guys have too much spare time, huh?” (おまえらも暇な奴らだなぁ, omae-ra mo himana yatsurada nā), a saying from the anonymous CB-style chatroom, Reikon Channel, which was meant to break up intense debates. Much of the Ayashii World and 2channel culture is derived from Reikon Channel.

・ Front Side

　 ∧＿∧　　／￣￣￣￣￣
　（　´∀｀）＜　You too, pal!
　（　　 　 ）　 ＼＿＿＿＿＿
　│ │ │
　（＿_）___）

・ Back Side

　 ∧＿∧
　（　　　　）
　（　Ｏ 　 ）
　│ │ │
　（___（＿_）

On January 3, 2000, a test thread on 2channel's /kitchen/ board shows how the 'First Mona' evolved into his modern, chunkier, sharp-eared form on February 18, 2000.²⁾ This also shows us that his new catchphrase, “you too, pal” (お前もな, omae mo na), was a response to the original catchphrase. In other words, the ad hominem attack is met with the tu quoque fallacy.

Derivatives

Fuun
Morala (2000)
Remona (2001)
Nida (2001)

Hattoushin Mona (2001)
Onigiri
Borujoa (2002)
Chinpoppo (2005)

Fuun

Fuun (フーン) is a Mona variant who simply sighs. Lorewise, he's a cool guy who smokes. He is the origin for the Sasuga Brothers and Toorimasu. Don't confuse him with the similarly-named Boon.

　　 ∧＿∧　　／￣￣￣￣￣
　　（　´_ゝ`）＜　*sigh*
　　（　　　　） 　＼＿＿＿＿＿
　　｜ ｜　|
　　（_＿）＿)

Remona

Remona (レモナ) is a female Mona variant that had surfaced on February 24, 2001³⁾ and evolved into Mona's girlfriend. In the past, she was depicted as a nekama called Katyusha (カチューシャ).⁴⁾

 　　,∧＿∧　　　　／￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣
　 Ｘ ノ ﾊﾍ X　　　|　 Remona and Mona
　 |ﾟﾉ ＾∀＾）　　＜　  living together! Kya♪
　§,　　　 ）　　　 ＼＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿
　 !!|　 Ｙ　|
　 （_＿）＿）

Onigiri

Onigiri (おにぎり), also known as Onigiri Mona (おにぎりモナー), is a cheerful trio who shows up at festivals and dances. They have the distinctive chant of 'onigiri wasshoi' (おにぎりワッショイ).⁵⁾

　　　　　　　　　おにぎりワッショイ！！
　　　　　＼＼　 おにぎりワッショイ！！　／／
　+　　　+　＼＼　おにぎりワッショイ！！／+
　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　+
.　　　+　　 ／■＼　　／■＼　 ／■＼　　+
　　　　　　（　´∀｀∩（´∀｀∩） （　´ー｀）
　+　　（(　（つ　　　ノ（つ　　丿　（つ　　つ　)）　　+
　　　　　　 ヽ　 （　ノ （　ヽノ　　　）　）　）
　　　　　　　（＿）し'　 し（＿）　 （＿）＿）

Chinpoppo

Chinpoppo (ちんぽっぽ) is a simple Mona variant who debut on August 29, 2005.⁶⁾ They frequently jump, like mandarin oranges, and is often seen with 'wakaranai desu'.

　∧　∧
(*‘ω‘ *) 　ちんぽっぽ
　(　　　)
　　v v
　　　　　　　ぼいんっ
　 　川
　( (　　) )

External links

Mona on the 2ch AA Illustration Project
Mona on Pixiv Encyclopedia
Mona on Niconico Encyclopedia
Mona on Japanese Wikipedia

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¹⁾

The name 'Monā' is sometimes rendered as 'Monar' or 'Moner' in older translations.

²⁾

"てすと" (January 3, 2000). 2channel /kitchen/.

³⁾

"レモナちゃん！デビュー！" (February 24, 2001). 2channel /mona/.

⁴⁾

Due to the popularity of Sumako Matsui's depiction of Katyusha in Leo Tolstoy's Resurrection, the Alice band became known as the 'Katyusha' (カチューシャ, Kachūsha) in Japan.

⁵⁾

The term 'wasshoi' (ワッショイ) is a distinct Japanese chant that gets shouted at festivals to coordinate their actions. It doesn't have a good English equivalent, but some translators use 'heave' or 'heave-ho'.

⁶⁾

"(*‘ω‘ *) 　ちんぽっぽ" (August 29, 2005). 2channel /news/.

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